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Dalga Khatinoglu
February 08, 2012
Gas consumption in Iran has hit the record high of 551 million cubic meters per day in a situation that weather temperature in 28 of the total 31 provinces has reached below zero.
Currently Iran's daily gas production stands at around 554 million cubic meters, just 3 million cubic meters more tha...
Abolghasem Bayyenat
February 07, 2012
This article discusses the implications of Western media publicity around Israeli military threats against Iran and the legal and moral aspects of current Western confrontational strategy towards Iran.
Dalga Khatinoglu
February 07, 2012
Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi banned purchase of oil-processing technologies from 5 European companies. Three of them are from the UK (UOP, SW и Start Company), one from France (Axens) and the last - joint Dutch-British company (Royal Dutch Shell).
Despite the fact that these companies...
Rahul Ranjan
February 06, 2012
Kaziranga National Park is famous for one horned Rhinoceros apart from the other animals. Though it provides a great shelter to large number of animals but this park is known as the homeland of Great Indian one horned Rhinoceros. This national park is located on the banks of the mighty river Brahma...
Kanini Evans Kariuki
January 27, 2012
A Kenyan parliamentary aspirant Vincent Tuwei, who is widely respected for his independent-mindedness and encyclopaedic knowledge of Kenya's political arena, has welcomed the move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of dropping charges against Tindiret legislator Henry Kosgey terming it histor...
Dalga Khatinoglu
January 25, 2012
New sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union will significantly damage the Iranian weakened economy, which has seen 50 percent-drop in national currency value over the past 12 months, especially during the last month, but still no changes is observed in Iran's nuclear ambitions, which is...
Dalga Khatinoglu
January 24, 2012
The European Union tightened sanctions ring around Iran by imposing new round of penalties during EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday.
The EU members, who previously blocked 443 Iranian entities and 113 true personalities' assets step by step, this time agreed on Iran oil embargo, ...
Dalga Khatinoglu
January 22, 2012
Iran's oil siege is becoming more tightened. Dozens of reports have appeared about Asian oil importers' decreasing Iran's crude imports.
Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi has announced that his country is ready to boost oil production to 11.8 million barrels per day just by turning valves to...
Elias Bejjani
January 21, 2012
My new Arabic editorial of today addresses the world-wide Iranian atomic threat in case the Iranian religious rulers did acquire offensive atomic capabilities.
The Israeli Prime Minister believes strongly that Iran must be attacked sooner not later and before it is too late. The USA Obama admini...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain
January 20, 2012
It would be stupidity and utterly disastrous to the economy of the United States of America and to its people if another war with Iran takes place when the country is still in recession following participation of two uncalled for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which continues for almost a decade. ...
John Atwood
January 20, 2012
Ron Paul's allegation that Iran's peaceful, democratic government was overthrown by US covert operations to obtain oil is examined and put in historical context which can't be done in a 30 second sound bite or fit on a bumper sticker.
Rahul Ranjan
January 18, 2012
Kaziranga National Park, rightfully connotes as the pleasure of North-east, is one of the premier national parks in India. Bordered by the holy Brahmaputra in the north and the heavenly Karbi Anglong mountains in the South, this gemstone of the ambient forests of Assam, has long cherished the exotic...
Kazem Kazerounian
January 11, 2012
The Iranian people are not alone in their struggle against the ruling regime. On one side, there areTehranīs Mullahs and their band of lobbyists, advocates and those who benefit from Mullahs continuing economic corruption. On the other side, are renowned experts, lawyers, judges, professors, scientists, European government officials, European high courts, American high ranking officials, American Representatives and European Parliamentarians and above all , the Iranian people.
Rileys V Seen
January 06, 2012
The thrill evoked by watching the battle of mankind versus the deadly underworld creatures, Piranhas, began in 1978, with the famous thriller, ´Piranha´. As director Alexandre Aja set out to remake the classic film in 2010, there were several apprehensions about whether the movie would h...
Amani Ambani
December 28, 2011
Iran ask for war: The war with US will bring an end to Iranian state.
Iran ask for war is the time for US to declare a war on energy independence Albanian Minerals CEO Sahit Muja said
Iran is already trying to hold the world ransom on oil and natural gas supply.
Imagine what would happen if ...
Dalga Khatinoglu
December 22, 2011
Rising USD rate by 40 percent and more than 45 cents difference between the rate in the open market and official statistics in Iran caused some serious confusion.
Iranian Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday, that rising USD is happening with out any obstacles. According to the stats of Iran's ...
Dalga Khatinoglu
December 16, 2011
Head of the Trend Persian service Dalga Khatinoglu
Twelve OPEC member countries agreed to officially fix cartel's output ceiling to 30 mbpd, a 6 million barrel increase over the ceiling they set in 2008.
According to official OPEC reports, member countries ignored quotas and increased their oi...
Sanjog Kumar
December 01, 2011
Kaziranga Wildlife Safari is a great experience to explore the charm of wildlife. A gem in the Indian Wildlife, the park offers you to experience rich flora and fauna.
Elias Bejjani
November 30, 2011
What should the Lebanese people, the Arab countries, Israel and the free world do with Hezbollah, the Iranian terrorist militia and its armed ministate, when the Syrian Assad regime falls? Some ignorant and short-sighted leaders in Lebanon are proposing that the government should buy Hezbollah´...
Abolghasem Bayyenat
November 15, 2011
This commentary examines in critical light some major claims made in the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program and discusses the implications of this report for the resolution of Iran's nuclear issue.
Dalga Khatinoglu
November 15, 2011
Head of the Trend Persian service Dalga Khatinoglu
Iran says it will discuss the international gas prices at the first summit of the heads of state of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), which will open in Doha, the capital city of Qatar on November 15.
Could Iran, holding almost 16 perc...
Jim Kouri, CPP
November 13, 2011
The top leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah warned the United States government on Friday that interference in the internal affairs of Iran and Syria, or any attack by the U.S. military attack, would result in violence throughout the Middle East.
During his annual televised speech to celebr...
Dalga Khatinoglu
November 11, 2011
Trend Persian Service head Dalga Khatinoglu
Despite Iranian officials' constant rejections of releasing the information about the decrease in the country's oil production, The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) new report confirms dropping of Iranian oil output by 120,000 b...
Gary S. Bekkum
November 07, 2011
STARpod.org Exclusive: Psychic spies warned US officials of Iranian nukes years ago. Now new warnings are being issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Will Israel attack Iran?
Rabbi Daniel M. Zucker
November 06, 2011
If the White House and the Department of State were not so badly disengaged from reality, and if both were willing to pull their collective heads out of the sand, both would figure out that itīs way past time to readjust Iranīs way of thinking. The mullahs and their Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps thugs (the Sepah-e Pasdaran) are overdue for what we used to term "an attitude adjustment". Now admittedly, the USA is not currently in the greatest shape in economic terms, but there is a way to administer an attitude adjustment that doesnīt cost the US one cent and will certainly cause the IRI to take us much more seriously. And that attitude adjustment could be administered within less than a month!
Dalga Khatinoglu
November 05, 2011
Head of the Trend Persian Service Dalga Khatinoglu
The economic and political interdependence between the two Persian-language nations - Iran and Tajikistan, with $200 million worth trade turnover is not as vital as the matter of sink or swim, but significantly important for both them.
Five mu...
Dalga Khatinoglu
October 28, 2011
Iran, with its largest population on the Caspian Sea shore among other littoral countries, is keen to save the world's biggest inland body of water from pollution and has initiated a "Comprehensive plan to reduce pollution" plan.
The Fars News Agency quoted the head of Department of Environment M...
Elias Bejjani
October 28, 2011
My new Arabic editorial (text/Audio) carries the title: "Israel Is Not the Enemy, But the Syrian and Iranian Axis Of Evil Regimes are". It focuses with complete openness and transparency on "Israel The Enemy" tag and dissects it to differentiate with solid facts reality from fantasy and truth from ...
Robert Paul Reyes
October 24, 2011
"Australia has expressed concern over reports that an Iranian actress has been sentenced to jail and 90 lashes for being in a film critical of Iran.
Marzieh Vafamehr starred in the 2009 Australian film My Tehran for Sale, about an actress whose work is banned.
Reports of her sentence appeared ...
Dalga Khatinoglu
October 22, 2011
Construction of artificial islands with glorious buildings on them has own aesthetic aspects to attract more tourists.
The international law provides legal frames for them, but still puts some limitations. Ecology should not be damaged and the nature should be preserved.
Ecologists alarm
Do...
Robert Paul Reyes
October 13, 2011
"The Obama administration on Wednesday sought to reconcile what it said was solid evidence of an Iranian plot to murder Saudi Arabia`s ambassador to the United States with a wave of puzzlement and skepticism from some foreign leaders and outside experts.
Senior American officials themselves were ...
Dalga Khatinoglu
October 11, 2011
Iran says attempting to keep oil production ceiling at OPEC meeting and discussing the gas price at the upcoming Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) are Iran's top agenda.
The 160th OPEC meeting, headed by Iran, will be held in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on December 14 and the 11th ministeria...
Jhon Napier
September 13, 2011
Iran is a tourist destination which is known for its history and fascinating sites. Iran tourist destinations have many historical monuments and natural reserves, which attracts many visitors.
Ahmed Hany
August 31, 2011
The Arab spring will affect the regional policies and Iran will be one of the most affected if the Arab revolutions succeeded to present the model of the civilian state for the Islamic world as an alternative to the autocratic religious dictatorship in Iran.
Tina Vervoorn
August 30, 2011
Aspiranet´s THP Plus (Transitional Housing Program) program provides a safe living environment for youth 18 24 while teaching them life skills to help them become self-sufficient. In addition, Aspiranet works with emancipated youth, pairing them with mentor families as well providing job placement assistance, educational advocacy and emotional counseling services.
Tina Vervoorn
August 25, 2011
Prior to last year´s passage of AB12, the California Fostering Connections Success Act, foster care for most California youth came to an abrupt end at age 18. Ready or not, about 5,000 foster youths "age out" of the state´s child welfare system each year.
Aspiranet, one of the state´s largest and most innovative providers of child, teen, family and transitional foster care programs, is dedicated to both finding families that are willing to open their hearts and homes to foster teens as well as providing foster youth with a continuum of services as they exit the foster care system.
Elias Bejjani
August 19, 2011
It is well known to all Middle East analysts and specialists as well as to Western and Arab countries that the majority of the terrorist and jihadist organizations all over the world, including al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas, are mere military tools and proxies that are found, financed, used, sponso...
Keeping siblings connected Aspiranet strives to keep brothers and sisters in foster and adoptive c
Tina Vervoorn
August 16, 2011
Social service agency issues plea for more foster and adoptive parents to care for sibling sets
Abolghasem Bayyenat
August 15, 2011
This article examines IMF's recent assessment of Iran's economy and how Iran's economic performance has been impacted by U.S. sanctions.
Omid Biniaz
August 10, 2011
In recent weeks NIAC (National Iranian American Council) and its president Trita Parsi have embarked on an intense, concentrated, and forceful campaign in Washington, and on the cyber space, against Peopleīs Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI MEK). This campaign includes tens of Op-eds and articles, dedicated web pages, petitions, letters to legislators, seminars and webinars, and thousands of tweets in a matter of 4 weeks. To understand why NIAC, an organization that was founded based on the claim that it is "a non-profit, non-partisan, non-political and non-sectarian organization", has so hysterically rushed to take a partisan, political, sectarian, and perhaps for-profit side, letīs systematically, and very briefly, review some background information.
Mariah Joseph
August 07, 2011
The prehistoric man-eating piranhas travel through plumping and pipes and into a newly opened water park called "The Big Wet Water Park".
Dalga Khatinoglu
July 25, 2011
Russian Foreign Minister Segey Lavrov proposed ´step-by-step´ plan to resolve Iran´s nuclear problem two weeks ago during his tour of the U.S.
This plan was surprisingly refuted by Iranian president, but was welcomed by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
Lavrov says e...
Abolghasem Bayyenat
July 21, 2011
This article analyzes the implications of the recent warm-up in Iran-Pakistan relations for U.S. interests in the region. It argues that the combination of cold U.S.-Pakistan and warm Iran-Pakistan relations will have significant implications for U.S. interests in the region.
Omid Biniaz
July 20, 2011
Dictators in Iran have forever used hate mongering against Arabs, Jews and Americans to preserve and expand their power. Arabs in Iran are portrayed as backward and vicious saveges, Jews as bloodsucking people who constantly connive against us, and Americans as cultural invaders seeking to undermine our culture. Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), an organization which actively strives to strengthen the Islamic Republic´s relationship with Western businesses and governments, has taken a similar approach. Parsi has repeatedly used hateful and offensive speech as tools to silence opponents and undermine their credibility.
Abolghasem Bayyenat
July 16, 2011
This is an in-depth interview with Abolghasem Bayyenat, an indpendent political analyst and author of "Iran Diplomacy Watch" blog, conducted by Veterans Today's political journalist Kourosh Ziabari.The interview covers various aspects of Iran's nuclear issue and its stand-off with the West.
Tina Vervoorn
July 15, 2011
Social service agency seeks foster parents for new Intensive Treatment Foster Care program
Tina Vervoorn
July 13, 2011
Transitional Housing Placement Program encourages youths to gain independence and learn life skills prior to emancipation.
Abolghasem Bayyenat
July 06, 2011
This artilce examines Iran's strategic and political goals in pursuing a space program and brushes aside fears that Iran's space program primarily serves as a cover for developing long-range ballistic nuclear-capable missiles.
Ghazal Omid
June 14, 2011
FIFA: Why play politics with the only game by which these women can express their desire to stand up? For all the talk about women´s freedom in Middle East, this is a contrary act by FIFA. If we want women to stand up in Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi and IRAN, why ban them from a game they love so much.
Abolghasem Bayyenat
June 06, 2011
This article argues that current 'zero-sum game' mentality characterizing U.S. relations with Iran has complicated U.S. policy towards Bahrain. It has harmed the genuine democratic aspirations of the Bahraini people and is likely to work to the detriment of US credibility and long-term interests in the region.
